The Society of Architectural Historians is accepting nominations for the 2021 Publication Awards through July 31, 2020.

This award was established in 1993 at the Society’s Annual Meeting in Albuquerque, in recognition of Spiro Kostof’s extraordinarily productive and inspiring career that was ended by his premature death in December 1991. In the spirit of Kostof’s writings, the award will be given to interdisciplinary studies of urban history that make the greatest contribution to our understanding of the growth and development of cities.

Criteria for Submission
The award is open to authors worldwide for books in English with a 2018 or 2019 printed copyrightdate. For the purposes of this award, “urban history” is interpreted broadly and recognition of books “in the spirit of Kostof’s writings” is interpreted to favor those studies which are interdisciplinary and whose content focuses on urban development and the history of urban form. Entries for consideration must be scholarly volumes that (1) have been peer reviewed; (2) have rigorously documented sources; (3) include scholarly apparatus such as notes and bibliography. Entries may be submitted *only* by the publisher or publisher’s distributor. Self-published books are not eligible. Journals are not eligible. Subsequent editions of a book are eligible only if the original core material has been substantially edited or revised. A new preface or introduction with no changes to the original text is not eligible.
Books submitted for this award may not be submitted in the same year for the Elisabeth Blair MacDougall Award, the Alice Davis Hitchcock Award, the Antoinette Forrester Downing Award or the Philip Johnson Award. Books that have received one of those awards in a previous year may not be submitted for the Spiro Kostof Book Award.

The Award
The award consists of a certificate and citation that will be presented at the Society’s 74th Annual International Conference in Montréal, Canada, April 14–18, 2021. The award will be announced in the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians and the SAH Newsletter. The winning publication will become part of the Society’s permanent archive, displayed in the library of the Charnley-Persky House in Chicago, Illinois.

The Committee
The Committee is appointed by the president of the Society of Architectural Historians. One copy of the nominated publication, along with the completed nomination form below, should be sent to SAH HQ and to each committee member postmarked by July 31, 2020.

2021 Kostof Book Award Nomination Form

For more information, go to SAH’s website.